It was a remarkable day aboard the Viking Starship out of Montauk today. We headed 12.5 miles south-southeast of Montauk Point. Birds and cetaceans were abundant. The pelagic bird highlights were 1700 Wilson's Storm-petrels, 105 Cory's Shearwaters. 26 Sooty Shearwaters, 18 Great Shearwaters, and 5 Manx Shearwaters. We also had 5 Brown Pelicans which were flying west roughly north of the Montauk Harbor entrance.
The cetaceans were nothing short of spectacular including 600 Common Dolphins, 25 Fin Whales, 12 Humpback Whales, and 2 Minke Whales. Observers: Seth Ausubel, Mary Normandia, Patricia Aitken. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
